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- Title
- 2013-4 Reference and Instruction Workday RDA in Your Catalog
- Description
- The presentation covers the history of RDA and RDA changes that affect record display in OPAC/MnPALS Plus.
- Group
- Reference and Instruction User Group
- Form
- Presentation
- Date
- 2013-4-5
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2013-4 Reference and Instruction Workday Agenda
- Description
- Agenda items include sessions on copyright issues in higher education, MnPALS Plus version 2, Web-Scale Discovery, RDA changes affecting record display in OPAC/MnPALS Plus, SubjectsPlus, and online library instruction.
- Group
- Reference and Instruction User Group
- Form
- Agenda
- Date
- 2013-4-5
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2013 02 UC_EC Meeting Executive Director Report
- Description
- Report presentation slides for the Report of the Executive Director to the User Council and Executive Committee of the Consortium of MnPALS Libraries on February 14, 2013. Covers strategic plan goals, new PALS staff, PALS and libraries, Evergreen, future ILS, web scale discovery, and MnPALS Plus and VuFind. Probably held at St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Report
- Date
- 2013-02-14
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2012-4 Acquisitions/Serials and Cataloging Workday MnPALS Plus Digital Sets
- Description
- The presentation discussed MnPALS Plus digital resource sets. Sets are loaded into MnPALS Plus for patron discovery and access. Sets mentioned in the presentation include Films on Demand, Credo Reference, ebrary, Alexander Street Press Video, Oxford Reference, MN Digital Library Collections, and Minitex eBooks.
- Group
- Cataloging User Group, Acquisitions/Serials User Group
- Form
- Presentation
- Date
- 2012-4-20
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2012-10 Reference and Instruction User Group Meeting Minutes and Agenda
- Description
- Topics discussed include the mobile version of MnPALS Plus, LibData and LibStats, and elections: Pam Sukalski (Southwest Minnesota State University for State Universities; Jim Parsons (St. Ben’s/St. John’s) for Private Colleges and Universities; Lisa Forslund (North Hennepin Community College) for a 1-year term, and Jennie Simning (Hennepin Technical College-Brooklyn Park) for a 2-year term for the MnSCU Two-year Colleges.
- Group
- Reference and Instruction User Group
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2012-10-23
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2011-4 Reference and Instruction Workday Reference Source Eval
- Description
- The document is meant to walk students through the process of locating and evaluating references for research projects at Concordia College. It includes instructions on how to search the MnPALS Plus online catalog.
- Group
- Reference and Instruction User Group
- Form
- Other
- Date
- 2008-5-20
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2011-10 User Group Meeting Futures Interest Group Report
- Description
- The report lists the FIG meetings that took place from fall 2010 to fall 2012. Topics discussed include federated vs. aggregated search, eXtensible Catalog, legal issues with e-books and e-readers, mobile access to library resources, and digital asset management.
- Group
- User Groups
- Form
- Report
- Date
- 2011-10-19
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2011-10 User Group Meeting Full PALS Report
- Description
- The 2011 PALS Report focused on Aleph subsystems, updates to PALS products and services (EZproxy, MnPALS Plus, PALSconnect Linker, PALSconnect ERM, Evergreen), and current activities of task forces and office teams. Highlights include global changes to bibliographic records to reflect new MARC standards and testing Aleph version 21 before Consortium-wide implementation.
- Group
- User Groups
- Form
- Report
- Date
- 2011-10-19
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2011 11 User Council Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Attending: Dan Honetschlager (PALS), Stephen Elfstrand (PALS), Michael Kirby (DCTC), Ala Garlinska (SCC/South Central College), Carrie Curie (CTC/MSCTC-Moorhead), Cynthia Jorstad (NCT/NCTC), Lori Pesik (St. Mary’s University), Thomas Bremer (WSU/Winona State University), Jean Kramer (TRM/MSU-Moorhead)
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2011-11-10
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2011 09 User Council Meeting Minutes
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2011-09-08
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2011 02 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2011-02-10
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2010 10 User Group Meeting Director's Report
- Description
- Discusses strategic plan, goals, Aleph, ideas for cutting expenses, Evergreen, MnPALS PLUS.
- Group
- User Groups
- Form
- Report
- Date
- 2010-10-28
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2010 09 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Motion passed: That the MnPALS Strategic Plan dated December 2006, be reviewed by all Executive Committee members before the next quarterly meeting and discussed as an agenda item at the November meeting.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2010-09-09
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2009-10 User Group Meeting PALS Report
- Description
- The presentation covered Aleph, MnPALS Plus, Electronic Resource Management, ILS and Evergreen, and marketing.
- Group
- User Groups
- Form
- Presentation
- Date
- 2009-10-28
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2009-10 User Group Meeting MnPALS Plus Working Group Report
- Description
- Topics discussed include the creation of a Working Group and usability testing the release of MnPALS Plus version 2.
- Group
- User Groups
- Form
- Report
- Date
- 2009-10-28
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2009 11 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Move to combine the categories of Community College and Technical Colleges within the membership paragraph, yet retain four total members for the combined category. (moved to amend the motion, to drop it for this month.) Robbie LaFleur will draft the new language, to be approved by the Executive Committee at the February meeting. Final authorization could take place at the Annual Meeting. Motion to ask the User Council to come up with a proposal for a new User Group structure by the February meeting.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2009-11-12
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2009 02 User Council Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Motions Passed: That the User Council accepts as completed the work of the DTTF and disband the group while establishing working groups for any new discovery tools and services PALS may be exploring; that the User Council establishes a “MnPALS Plus Working Group” to provide oversight for decision-making for MnPALS Plus; that all future suggestions and requests for refinements and enhancements to MnPALS Plus should be submitted to a MnPALS Plus board created on MnPALS forums. Bug reports should continue to be reported through the Support Center; recommend that the Executive Committee consider that the Needs Assessment Task Force draft a proactive Library 2020 document as an informative response to MnSCU 2020.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2009-02-09
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2009 02 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Motions passed: That the User Council establish a “MnPALS Plus Working Group” to provide oversight for decision-making for MnPALS Plus; That all future suggestions and requests for refinements and enhancements to MnPALS Plus should be submitted to a MnPALS Plus board created on the MnPALS forums. Bug reports should continue to be reported through the Support Center; That the User Council accepts as completed the work of the DTTF and disband the group, while establishing working groups for any new discovery tools and services PALS may be exploring; User Council recommended the Governance Structure be changed to allow an at-large representative from a consolidated, community, or technical college to be elected to User Council; increase User fees by 7% for FY2010; A motion to approve the increase in participant charges for PALS effective July 1, 2009; Vote for members of the Needs Assessment Task Force and that this group also work on a Library 2020 document in response to the MnSCU 2020.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2009-02-12
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2008-10 User Group Meeting Welcome and PALS Report
- Description
- Report by PALS Executive Director for the Fall 2008 User Group Meeting. Covered the new user group format, available breakouts, workdays, site visits, improving services, open source options, Aleph Version 18, Aleph Version 19, MnPALS Plus, WorldCat Local, Koha, Evergreen, Discovery team, and the strategic plan.
- Group
- User Groups
- Form
- Presentation
- Date
- 2008-10-29
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2008-10 User Group Meeting Executive Committee Report
- Description
- Executive Committee report at the Fall 2008 User Group Meeting. This report contains highlights on major issues throughout the year, including investigating Aleph Version 19, open source ILS alternatives, marketing opportunities for MnPALS Plus Discovery, a needs assessment to operationalize the strategic plan, and governance structure.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council, User Groups
- Form
- Report
- Date
- 2008-10-29
- Years
- 2005-2009
